Acme Oyster House serves the raw-bar and Creole menu built around chargrilled oysters and oyster shooters, alongside po-boys, red beans and rice, étouffée, soft-shell crab, and gumbo. The raw bar is the draw: the restaurant reports shucking more than a million oysters a year.
It pulls a heavy mix of tourists and regulars, and opinions on it run in two directions. Some reviewers call the food and service great and say it's worth the wait; others describe inconsistent service, rude staff encounters, and oyster freshness that varies visit to visit. The volume the place does seems to be part of both stories.
It pulls a heavy mix of tourists and regulars, and opinions on it run in two directions. Some reviewers call the food and service great and say it's worth the wait; others describe inconsistent service, rude staff encounters, and oyster freshness that varies visit to visit. The volume the place does seems to be part of both stories.